There is a schism developing over the videos out of Portland. Some see the videos as telling a frightening story of a city flirting with anarchy. Others believe the footage has been co-opted into an anti-left straw-man argument. Whatever the truth is, let's get this right.https://twitter.com/GreggHurwitz/status/1049368699180703745 …
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To begin with, let's fill in context. The events in the videos were part of a protest against the Sept. 30 shooting of a black man, Patrick Kimmons, by Portland police. The protest began at the site of the shooting. Actual information on the shooting is scarce. Rumor is not.
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From what little we know, there's one red flag for me. 10-12 shots were apparently fired. Knowing nothing else, that seems excessive. On the other hand, given the apparent facts, I am agnostic until we know more. Who knows how many missed, for example. PPD say they have video.
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Police apparently heard gunfire around 3am. Two men had just been shot by someone. That someone is likely to have been Kimmons. Whether it was or not, police had reason to think it was. That makes Kimmons an extreme threat as they encountered him on the night he was shot.
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Police say he was coming toward them, armed with a gun. A gun was apparently found near his body. Some or all of those facts could be false, but I don't see how anyone working from the publicly available evidence could know that they are false. And this is the crux of the matter.
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Based on the evidence available, deadly force may well have been justified. I have seen no evidence so far to suggest race played any role in this case. The fact that protestors spewed anti-white bigotry at commuters tells us, whatever else is true, they're dangerously confused.
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They're not confused. Not any more confused than your aggressors at Evergreen.
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